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Marcello Malpighi

1628 - 1694

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Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several physiological features related to the biological excretory system, such as the Malpighian corpuscles and Malpighian pyramids of the kidneys and the Malpighian tubule system of insects. The splenic lymphoid nodules are often called the "Malpighian bodies of the spleen" or Malpighian corpuscles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcello Malpighi has received more than 356,649 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Marcello Malpighi is the 35th most popular physician (up from 41st in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from Italy (up from 476th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Physician.

Marcello Malpighi was an Italian scientist who is most famous for his contributions to the field of microscopy. He is credited with being the first person to describe the capillary system in plants and animals.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Marcello Malpighi ranks 35 out of 726. Before him are Willem Einthoven, António Egas Moniz, Allvar Gullstrand, Jean-Martin Charcot, Qa'a, and Al-Zahrawi. After him are Alexis Carrel, Thutmose IV, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Polycarp, and Virginia Apgar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Marcello Malpighi ranks 2. Before him is Charles Perrault. After him are Jacob van Ruisdael, John Bunyan, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Muazzez Sultan, François Girardon, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, and Lucrezia Barberini. Among people deceased in 1694, Marcello Malpighi ranks 3. Before him are Mary II of England, and Matsuo Bashō. After him are Samuel von Pufendorf, Antoine Arnauld, Natalya Naryshkina, Francesco Morosini, Suleiman of Persia, Pierre Puget, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Hishikawa Moronobu, and Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcello Malpighi ranks 464 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Agapetus II (900), Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Pope John IX (850), Pope John XVII (950), Pope Celestine II (1100), and Pope Anastasius IV (1073). After him are Pope Stephen VII (850), Pope Mark (290), Pope Alexander II (1010), Brennus (-500), Oriana Fallaci (1929), and Gaius Maecenas (-68).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Marcello Malpighi ranks 4. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), and Camillo Golgi (1843). After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Francesco Redi (1626), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Peter Damian (1007), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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